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2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament
Classification	Division I
Teams	36
Site	WakeMed Soccer Park (Semifinal and Final) Cary, North Carolina
Champions	Marshall (1st title)
Winning coach	Chris Grassie (1st title)
MVP	Offense: Jamil Roberts (Marshall) Defense: Roman Celentano (Indiana)
Broadcast	ESPNU, ESPN2
NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament «2019  2021»

The 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament was the 62nd edition of the NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament, a postseason tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I men's college soccer. Pending developments with the COVID-19 pandemic, the first four rounds of the competition were scheduled to be held at the home ground of the higher seed, while the College Cup (semifinals and final) was to be held at Harder Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. The championship match was originally scheduled to take place on December 13, 2020.

On August 13, 2020, the tournament was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, although the possibility of playing the tournament during the spring 2021 remained.

On September 10, 2020, it was reported that the 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament would tentatively be rescheduled from April 30 to May 17, 2021. This was approved on September 16, 2020, with a reduced tournament field size of 36 teams. The College Cup was moved from Santa Barbara, California to Cary, North Carolina. Additionally, on March 25, 2021, the NCAA announced that the entire tournament, as well as the entire women's tournament, would be held in various locations throughout North Carolina.

Marshall won the title game 1–0 in overtime over Indiana. This was not only Marshall's first men's soccer title, but was also the first national title in a team sport won by a Conference USA member while affiliated with the league.

Qualification

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 edition of the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament featured only 36 teams. Of the 36 berths, 22 were allocated to the 19 conference tournament champions and to the regular-season winners of the Mid-American Conference, Pac-12 Conference, and West Coast Conference, which do not have tournaments. This included the champions of the ACC and Sun Belt, which held their conference championships in fall 2020. The additional 14 berths were at-large berths largely determined upon the Rating Percentage Index (RPI) of teams that did not automatically qualify.

Ahead of the season, the Ivy League and Big West Conference canceled their seasons, allowing for two additional at-large berths.

Qualified teams

Venues

Rather than the higher seed hosting the early-round matches, the entire tournament was played in the state of North Carolina, similar to how the 2021 men's and women's basketball tournaments were held in a single state.

Cary	Greenville	Wilmington	Wilson
WakeMed Soccer Park	Johnson Stadium	UNCW Soccer Stadium	Gillette Soccer Park
Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: N/A'
Greensboro	Winston-Salem	Matthews	Browns Summit
UNCG Soccer Stadium	Spry Stadium	Mathews Sportsplex	Macpherson Stadium
Capacity: 3,540	Capacity: 3,000	Capacity: 2,300	Capacity: 3,000
Wilson
J. Burt Gillette Athletic Complex
Capacity:

Schedule

The revised schedule was announced on March 24, 2021.

Bracket

Opening Round

Bracket

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Quarterfinals

College Cup Semifinals

College Cup Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

3 goals

• Kyle Holcomb – Wake Forest
• Valentin Noël – Pittsburgh
• Veljko Petković – Pittsburgh
• Jamil Roberts – Marshall

2 goals

• Nick Blacklock – Virginia Tech
• David Coly – American
• Alexander Dexter – Pittsburgh
• Herbert Endeley – Indiana
• Julian Gomez – Monmouth
• Omar Hernandez – Wake Forest
• Hugo Kametani – Omaha
• Jon Koka – Missouri State
• Jacob Labovitz – Virginia Tech
• Zach Riviere – Georgetown
• El Mahdi Youssoufi – St. Francis Brooklyn
• Milo Yosef – Marshall

1 goal

• Rodrigo Almeida – Pittsburgh
• Mani Austmann – UNCG
• Nil Ayats – Omaha
• Nicolas Blassou – American
• Josiah Blanton – James Madison
• Daniel Bloyou – Penn State
• Jalen Bigby – Kentucky
• Victor Bezerra – Indiana
• Andrea Borg – Seton Hall
• James Brighton – Clemson
• Joe Brito – Charlotte
• Akeim Clarke – North Carolina
• Theo Collomb – UNCG
• Oliver Correa – Jacksonville
• Lucca Dourado – UCF
• Tyger Evans – Penn State
• AJ Franklin – Marquette
• Chris Hegardt – Georgetown
• Santiago Herrera – North Carolina
• Bertin Jacquesson – Pittsburgh
• Callum Johnson – Clemson
• Seth Kuhn – Penn State
• Jack Green – American
• Maouloune Goumballe – Indiana
• Jonas Linder – Monmouth
• Brock Lindow – Kentucky
• Peter Mangione – Penn State
• JP Martin – Seton Hall
• Nathan Masters – Bowling Green
• Eric Matzelevich – Maryland
• Raul Medina – Milwaukee
• Lucas Meek – Washington
• Tyrone Mondi – Oregon State
• Giovanni Montesdeoca – North Carolina
• Joshua Moreira – Jacksonville
• Reggie Nicolas – Jacksonville
• Martin Ngoh – Georgetown
• Joe Pickering – North Carolina
• Dante Polvara – Georgetown
• Claudio Repetto – Coastal Carolina
• Max Rogers – Fordham
• Bailey Rouse – Kentucky
• Ryan Sailor – Washington
• Nick Scardina – Washington
• Max Schneider – Marshall
• Sito Sena – Pittsburgh
• Mohamed Seye – Clemson
• Kasper Skraep – Coastal Carolina
• Christian Soto – Washington
• Alex Stevenson – Penn State
• Ivan Tapuskovic – St. Francis Brooklyn
• CJ Tibbling – Seton Hall
• Tristan Trager – Air Force
• Gino Vivi – UCF
• Bryce Washington – Pittsburgh
• Thomas Warr – Indiana
• Maurice Williams – Seton Hall
• Ryan Wittenbrink – Indiana
• Charlie Wehan – Stanford

1 own goal

• Coastal Carolina scored vs. Wake Forest
• Monmouth scored vs. Pittsburgh
• Penn State scored vs. UMass
• UMass scored vs. Penn State

Records by Conference

• The R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the Round of 32 (second round), Round of 16 (third round), Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Final, and National Champion, respectively.

References

1. "NCAA's Mark Emmert: 'We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships'". ncaa.com. Turner Sports Interactive. August 13, 2020. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
2. Eskilson, J.R. (September 10, 2020). "Proposed schedule for NCAA soccer season". TopDrawerSoccer.com. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
3. "DI Council approves college soccer schedule". TopDrawer Soccer. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
4. "Entire DI men's and women's soccer tournaments to be held in North Carolina | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
5. "National Champions! Marshall Beats Indiana 1–0 In OT For College Cup Title" (Press release). Conference USA. May 17, 2021. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
6. ^ "DIVISION I MEN'S SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
7. "Jacksonville Crowned 2021 Spring Men's @ASUNSoccer Champion; Wins Program's Second League Title" (Press release). ASUN Conference. April 18, 2021. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
8. "Omaha Will Represent Summit League in NCAA Tournament". University of Nebraska Omaha Athletics. Retrieved April 21, 2021.
9. "NC will host the 2021 NCAA soccer tournaments due to COVID-19. Here's when and where". The News & Observer. Archived from the original on March 26, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
10. "NCAA men's, women's soccer tourneys in N.C." ESPN.com. March 25, 2021. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
11. "NCAA Tournaments to be held in NC". TopDrawer Soccer. March 24, 2021. Retrieved April 1, 2021.

External links

• NCAA Division I Men's College Cup

• 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season
• NCAA Division I men's soccer tournament seasons
• 2020 in sports in North Carolina
• 2021 in sports in North Carolina
• Association football events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
• April 2021 sports events in the United States
• May 2021 sports events in the United States